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ksbakan··on WebUSB is dead
Why does the site need a loading bar to display a text only post?

It sucks that webusb is cjome only, but there are definitely at least a few projects using it.

ksbakan··on City Roads – Draw all roads in a city at once
Wow this thing is fast!

I expected lag on my phone but it works great.

ksbakan··on A dead PC game that can't come back
It can come back in 2095 if disney doesn't pay off politicians to male copyright last even longer.
ksbakan··on Grindr and OkCupid Spread Personal Details, Study Says
You should make sure to chargeback your credit card in that case.
ksbakan··on On Privacy versus Freedom
I won't touch signal because I care about user freedom more than privacy. (Both are important)

No 3rd party clients, mandatory updates, mandatory google play services, and mobile only are all deal breakers.

ksbakan··on Why Windows 10 Sucks or Everything Wrong with Microsoft Windows
Been using win7 since forever. Win10 is such a huge step back that I just install win7 even on new PCs. Even hidipi works almost as well on win7. Probably the only thing I miss that I care about is hdr and ble.

The fact that ms wants you to use win10 so badly is a big hint that it's full of antifeatures.

ksbakan··on U.S. Employees Are the Happiest
If the methodology is good, the chance of a fluke is pretty low, given the 2% difference and large sample size.

It is much more likely that the result would be thrown off by a sampling error.

ksbakan··on “My Car does not start when I buy Vanilla Ice Cream” (2015)
Why do sites use this crappy scrolling override. I's infuriating and makes navigating the article a pain.
ksbakan··on Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ‘Geofence’ Search
Delete your google play services and install microg
ksbakan··on A Billion Surveillance Cameras Forecast to Be Watching Within Two Years
Not if the justice system refuses to act.

The thief in this article has been caught multiple times and still continues to this day. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/11/steal...

ksbakan··on Taiwan managed to build high-speed rail. Why can't California?
The fact that taiwan is much poorer also means that the labor cost for construction is much lower
ksbakan··on Apple's list of 235 apps that are incompatible with macOS Catalina
Windows 10 still supports 16 bit applications if you run 32 bit windows.
ksbakan··on How A Tuxedoed Sommelier Wound Up Homeless in California
Tldr: he got addicted to cocaine, got fired from his job because of his drug problem, and turned to a life of crime to feed the addiction.
ksbakan··on Investing in the Future 200 years in the past
In case it's not obvious, this is a paid promotion, not nyt reporting.
ksbakan··on Amazon Should Acquire the US Postal Service
I guess Amazon can close the deal right after Trump finishes buying Greenland.
ksbakan··on Google Document Dump
Found this torrent for the same files magnet:?xt=urn:btih:221cedaadd3a04e21b7ef365a1dc37bf0908b88f
ksbakan··on [dead]
Leave then
ksbakan··on How Sydney destroyed its trams for love of the car
Wooden train cars are deathtraps though
ksbakan··on Sustainable Web Manifesto
Not very lean to me. It lags while scrolling on my phone.
ksbakan··on Amazon Shareholders Rejected Employees' Call to Respond to Climate Change
A call which was made by bcc spamming all the internal amazon mailing lists asking people to sign the petition.

Source: I know a guy who got spammed.

ksbakan··on Unexpected Side Effects of Going Sugar Free
I use https://gist.github.com/oxguy3/dda7958f7da766eed9fa

Not sure if it works on this specific site, but it helps in many places